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G. W. DAVIBS.

RAME.

Patented July l, I1884:.

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GEORGE W. DAVIES, OF DOBYVILLE, ARKANSAS.'

HAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,217, dated July l,1884.

Application filed April 26, 1884.

T0 all whom, it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. Davins, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dobyville, in the county of Clark and State of Arkansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Haines and Fastenings Thereto; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters and figures ofreference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to haines and hame-fastenings; and it consistsin the novel construction and arrangement of its parts.

Figure I is a front View of my hames with my fasteners attached. Figs.2, 3, 4l, and 5 are detailed views of the same.

My haines a, a are made of wood, and bound with iron binding commencingat points l and running over the top of the llame, round over theoutside, thence over the lower end to points 2. The lower ends of myhames are straight from points 3 to 4L 4, thus allowing the fasteners towork far enough below the collar not to rub it. They are also straightat their upper ends from points 3 3 to 4 4, and have two or more holes,b, so that the upper fastenings may be put in either, thus adapting thehames to a long or short collar. The upper ends of my hames are securedtogether by These hooks have their loop ends c adapted to work in loopd, and are counter sunk in the lower side ofthe loop, so that the lowerface of both the hooks and loop will be even. fit the upper end of thecollar,.is about two inches wide, two or three inches long, and has ahole, d, in either end for the hooks c c to work in. These hooks haveeach a threaded rod, c, which passes through hole b of the hames a, andeach have thumb-nuts e working on their threaded ends on the outer faceof (See Fig. 2.) The loop d is curved toV (No model.)

the haines. The lower ends of'my haines also have rods f f, withthreaded ends f2 passing through holes g g in the haines. solid squarelink, h, in its inner end,working loosely. It also has thumb-nuts t' ion its threaded end-one against either edge of the hame-to iix the rodin the hame at any point desired. Rod f also has thumb-nutsjj working onits threaded end-one against the inner and the other against the outeredge of the hanne. This rod has on its inner end a hook, 7c, adapted tot inthe square link h. Italso has a snap, Z, to prevent the link fromworking out.

I do not, claim anything` for the snap, as I may or may not use it; sowith the inner dotted nut. The advantage of the square link workingloosely, is to allor the llames to give to the movement ofthe shouldersof the horse 4caused by stepping. I

-By these arrangements in the various parts of my invention, I can makemy hannes long` or short, wide or narrow, thus fitting them to anycollar, and securing them without wear to the collar, and beyond thepossibility of coming loose without some ofthe parts being broken.

Having thus described my invention, `what I ltodf has a claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of hooks c c,passing through holes b, with thumb-nuts e,working on the threaded ends c2 of the same, the loop ends c,countersunk into and iitting holes d of curved loop d, hames a'a, rod f,passing through hole g, thumb-nuts i z, square link h, rod f', havinghook k, and thumb-nut j, all substantially as shown and described, andfor the purposes set forth. 4

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEO. lV. DAVIES. lfitnesses:

WM. H. HAMMETT, WM. PAIsLnY.

